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“When I was a girl, marrying a man like that was something I was not allowed to do”… Thus, with tears in her eyes, Francisca Méndez-Zampogna made this moving confession on his return to ‘Despierta América’ after his wedding.
Accompanied by her friends and colleagues Alan Tacher, Karla Martínez, Satcha Pretto, Jessica Rodríguez, Chef Yisus Díaz and Raúl González, Francisca told about her wedding, and While sharing special moments of that dream day for her, the beloved Dominican spoke of her mother, Doña Divina, and that, as she told us exclusively, the made her feel like a fairy tale princess, taking out the Cinderella that she claims lives in her.
“ Walking hand in hand with my mom was the most special thing, because it was a way for me to tell her that everything she did for us was worth it… She has been a woman who suffered a lot, my dad died when I. .. you I was 5 years old“, Fran began, unable to contain her tears.
Her companions, moved as she listened to her story in silence:
“ I don’t cry with sadness, I cry with happiness, thanks to God who made me live a dream. When I was a child those things were not allowed for girls like me. I remember many times, when I was a girl, marrying a man like that were things that were not allowed to me, and suddenly having everything that same day, the union of her family, mine… When many times we talked with my mother and she told me: ‘M’daughter Will beautiful things happen to us? Will we go to the United States? Will you get married one day?”… We looked at each other all the time that day, and we remembered , and we said: ‘we did it’. God has been very good to me and my family, and now I have the opportunity to raise a son with different values Francisca continued explaining.
As she herself recounted on more than one occasion, His mother had to take care of her children very young when she was widowed, without many resources, she took them all forward and the children were good people. Francisca not only saw her suffer because of that, but because of a second husband of hers who mistreated her. For this reason, seeing Doña Divina happy was another dream that she always wanted to fulfill.
Precisely one of the parts where her mother looked the happiest was when they both went out on the wedding floor to dance:
“That was one of my favorite moments, because I have many beautiful moments with my mom dancing salsa, she teaching me, and then that song where she says: ‘how do I pay you?’… How do I pay you, mommy? With moments like this, seeing her so happy, so full, when she saw herself in her beautiful dress, with makeup, she looked like a queen… I have no way to repay God for so many blessings, it was not only Francesco and Francisca’s day, it was my family’s day, it was their family’s day, it was a very beautiful union, and thank God for all your blessings”.
In this story where your friends and colleagues only listened to her , there were also words for her husband:
“ Francesco was a very involved boyfriend, for him it was also a dream, I have an image of him crying when we got home and his father was carrying Gennaro, he told me: ‘I waited so long for that moment, to see my family so united’”.
Let us remember that after two years of waiting, when due to the pandemic they had to cancel the religious wedding they had planned in Italy, frank Isca and Francesco got married this weekend in La Romana, Dominican Republic in a wedding just like they dreamed of it, like a princess story.
SEE HERE FRANCISCA’S STORY ABOUT HER WEDDING:
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